Initial Teacher & DLC Meeting

Teacher: ________________Grade(s): ____ Subject(s): ______________ Coach:

_____________Date: ______
Norms & Expectations
Keep the time for our coaching meetings valued
Start & End on Time (45-55 minutes during prep period)
Communicate promptly if a meeting needs to be rescheduled or cancelled
Block off the time on your calendar and dont schedule other events (including student
meetings) during coaching meetings
Focus on the coaching cycle (planning, implementing, debriefing)
Communicate with each other ahead of time about specific questions, strategies, or tools
you want to address in the meeting
Hold ourselves personally accountable for our growth
Share with colleagues what you are learning
Try ideas that are new or seem foreign to you
Ask questions and continually be in a learners mindset
Focus on Student Learning
Technology should not be used for technologys sake. Purposefully use and then evaluate
each tool based on its impact on student learning (engages, connects, assesses) and on
you as a teacher (improves efficiency, builds PLN)
Ask questions and critically evaluate our efforts through the lens of improved / increased /
enhanced student learning
Personal Questions...
Why are you a teacher?
What do you enjoy about being a teacher?
What is challenging about it?
What are your strengths as an educator?
What are your areas for growth?
How do you feel you learn best?
Describe the most powerful learning experience youve had over your time as an educator.
What is something related to technology that you are hesitant about?
Who are your closest collaborators?
What does your collaboration look like?
How did those relationships develop?
Outside of work, what are your interests and passions?
Coaching Questions...
What is your understanding of what coaching is? Of my role? What are your hopes and fears
for our work?
What do you need from me as a coach?
Is there anything I should know about you that would help me in my work with you?
That would make our work together more effective?
What do you anticipate might be a challenge or get in the way of our work together?
How can I support you when those challenges arise?
How do you feel you learn best?
How would you describe your communication style?
What would you like me to hold you to, as far as your engagement with coaching?
In what ways would you like me to interact with you and your students while I am in the

Record of Lessons
Teacher: ____________________________Grade(s): ________ Subject(s):
_______________________

Lesson
Name/C
ourse/Da
te

Link to
Lesson
Plan
(PreDebrief)
+
Resource
s+
Student
Samples

Technolo
gy Used

Pre-Brief Meeting (Short Version)

Teacher: ________________Grade(s): ____ Subject(s): ______________ Coach:
_____________Date: ______

Planning & Reflection - Prebrief

Content Knowledge:
What content / standard
are you teaching?
Pedagogical
Knowledge: How will
you engage your
students in learning?
What are you trying to
do?
Lesson Outline
Technological
Knowledge:
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Lesson
tools
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allow
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Reflective Focus /
Essential Question:
What will we focus on
during the
implementation /
observation that we will
reflect on before,
during, and after the
coaching cycle?
What do you need to do now to prepare for this lesson?

How can I help you prepare?

Any questions, comments, concerns?

Pre-Brief Meeting (Long Version)

Teacher: ________________Grade(s): ____ Subject(s): ______________ Coach:
_____________Date: ______

Lesson Pre-Planning:
Content
What upcoming unit or lesson might we
improve or refine?
What is the context in which this lesson occurs in
your curriculum?
What are your reasons for wanting to improve
/ refine this lesson / unit?

What are the essential questions? What will

the students learn in this unit/lesson series?
Is this new knowledge or reviewing
something previously taught?
What do you want students to think about?

Lesson Pre-Planning:
Pedagogy
What might be some of the strategies youve
considered?
What are some strategies you have used before
that might be successful with this group?
For one or more of the effective learning norms,
what is evidence of its current practice and how
can we improve it? What are you looking to
emphasize / change in this lesson / unit?

What have you done with this lesson / unit in

the past that has worked well?
What 21st century skill(s) (communication,
collaboration, critical thinking, creativity) will
your students be exhibiting?
How will you ensure your students are ontask and engaged throughout the lesson?
How will you differentiate for your low and
high students?
When and how will you formatively assess
their progress and understanding?
How will you summatively assess their
progress and understanding?
How will you know whether or not the
lesson went well? What specifically are you
looking or listening for from your students?
What are you excited about? What are you
nervous about? How do you think it will go?

Lesson Pre-Planning:
Technology
Do you currently integrate technology into
this content area or project? If so, how?

Pre-Brief Meeting (Long Version)

Teacher: ________________Grade(s): ____ Subject(s): ______________ Coach:
_____________Date: ______

Lesson Outline
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Part of Lesson

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What do you need to do now to prepare for this lesson?

How can I help you prepare?

Any questions, comments, concerns?

De-Brief Meeting (Short Version)

Teacher: ________________Grade(s): ____ Subject(s): ______________ Coach:
_____________Date: ______

Planning & Reflection De-brief

Overall Reflection:
What did you hope
would happen in the
lesson? What actually
happened? Was it
successful? How can
we make it even
better?
Content Knowledge: In
what ways was the lesson
effective at meeting these
objectives?
What content were
you teaching?
How do you know if
students met your
goals?
Pedagogical Knowledge:
In what ways was the lesson
effective at meeting these
objectives?
How did you engage
the students?
What opportunities
were there for student
collaboration?
What strategies did
you use to
differentiate and
reach all of your
students?
Technological
Knowledge: In what ways
was the lesson effective at
meeting these objectives?
Did the technology enhance
or improve teaching or
learning by making it more
efficient, effective,

De-Brief Meeting (Long Version)

Teacher: ________________Grade(s): ____ Subject(s): ______________ Coach:
_____________Date: ______

Debrief questions
What did you hope would happen in
todays lesson?
Tell me about what actually
happened from your perspective?
What do you think your students
understood about what you expected
to happen?
How did the lesson go? Why do you
feel it went that way?
Was it successful in your eyes? Could
we make it better?
What worked? What might you
change?
In what ways was the lesson
effective at meeting the Content
Objectives? Share your reasoning
and evidence. (include student
work samples)
In what ways was the lesson
effective at meeting the Pedagogical
Objectives? Share your reasoning
and evidence.
In what ways was the lesson
effective at meeting the
Technological Objectives? Share your
reasoning and evidence.
How did the technology enhance or
improve your students learning?
How did the technology help you to
Capture, Sort, Assess, and/or Discuss
student thinking?
Choose one specific element or
event during the lesson (either a
positive or a negative). What might
have been some of the things that
caused that?
What did you learn from this
experience that you want to
remember for the future?
Include things you would keep the
same, refine, change, or disband.
What do you want to stay mindful of